Group Members

Principal Investigator and Supervisor

Gemma

Dr. Qingye (Gemma) Lu

Associate Professor, P.Eng., PhD

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering (CPE)

Biomedical Engineering (BME)

Office: END 204A

Tel: 403.210.7645 (o)

Email: qingye.lu@ucalgary.ca

Postdoctoral Fellows

Mehadi

Md. Mehadi Hassan

Battery Scientist

mdmehadi.hassan@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, chemical engineering, U of Calgary; MS, environmental & life sciences, Toyohashi U of Tech, Japan; BS, chemistry, U of Dhaka, Bangladesh

Research Scientist

Christine Meng

co-supervised with other faculty members

email: christine.meng@ucalgary.ca

Graduate Students

Ruijie Yang

Ruijie Yang

PhD student

Specialization: Energy and Environment 

ruijie.yang1@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, Municipal Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; BS, Water Supply and Sewage Engineering, Northeast Petroleum University, China

Humza

Muhammad Humza Javed

PhD student 

Specialization: Biomedical Engineering (wearable technologies)

muhammadhumza.javed@ucalgary.ca

Education: master of philosophy in mechanical engineering (with nanotechnology concentration), the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, China; BS (honours) in nanoscience and nanotechnology, Preston institute of nanoscience and technology, Preston University, Pakistan

moj

Mojtaba Ebrahimian Mashhadi

PhD student

Specialization: Chemical Engineering

mojtaba.ebrahimianma@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS in chemical engineering (transport phenomena) at Amirkabir University of Technology; BS in chemical engineering at Amirkabir University of Techology

 

 

Amber

Ningxin (Amber) Chen

PhD student

Specialization: Chemical Engineering 

ningxin.chen@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS & MS, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Brett

Brett Conners

MS student 

Specialization: Biomedical Engineering (wearable technologies)

brett.conners@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, Biochemistry, University of Waterloo

Summer Students

Alumin

yuxuan

Yuxuan (Cassie) Ren

PhD graduate (2024)

Specialization: Chemical Engineering

yuxuan.ren1@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, chemical engineering, U of Ottawa; BS, chemical engineering & technology, China U of Petroleum - Beijing, China

Mehadi

Md. Mehadi Hassan

PhD graduate (2024)

Specialization: Chemical Engineering

mdmehadi.hassan@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, environmental & life sciences, Toyohashi U of Tech, Japan; BS, chemistry, U of Dhaka, Bangladesh

 

Lilly

Lillian Pernitsky

Current: UBC Undergraduate 

Summer Undergraduate (2024) 

Biochemistry, University of British Columbia 

Zaki Khan

Current: University of Calgary Undergraduate

Summer Undergraduate (2024) 

Dr. Jan Joseph Havlena, D.Sc., P.Eng Award summer studentship award

Chemical Engineering, University of Calgary

Rufan

Rufan Zhou

Current: Natural Resources Canada —Geographical Survey of Canada

PhD graduate (co-supervised with Dr. Nader Mahinpey) 2019-2023

rufan.zhou1@ucalgary.ca

Education: MS, chemical & biological engineering, U of Ottawa, Canada; BS, chemical engineering & technology, China U of Petroleum - Beijing, China

Anton

Anton Shoham

Current: UBC undergraduate 

Summer undergraduate (2023)

USRA scholarship receipt

Applied science, University of British Columbia

 

Billy

Billy Liu

Current: UBC undergraduate 

Summer undergraduate (2023)

Physics, University of British Columbia

Xiao

Xiao He

Current: Postdoc at University of Toronto

Postdoc (2020-2023)

xiao.he@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, materials engineering, U of Alberta, Canada; MS, materials engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, China; BS, materials processing and control engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology

Xiaoyan Wang

Xiaoyan Wang

Current: Teacher at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Postdoc (2022-2023)

xiaoyan.wang@ucalgary.ca

NSERC postdoc fellowship receipt

Education: PhD, chemical engineering, University of Montreal, Canada; MS, South China University of Technology, China; BS, Shaanxi Normal University, China

Bahram

Seyyedalireza (Bahram) Mirkha

Current: Analytical Model Developer at Suncor

Postdoc (Oct 2022- May 2023) 

seyyedalireza.mirkha@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada: MS, chemical engineering (minor in separation processes and transport phenomena), Sharif University of Technology, Iran; BS, chemical engieering, University of Tehran, Iran

Tao

Tao Xu

Current: Engineer at Petroleum Engineering Technology Research Institute of Jianghan Oilfield Branch of Sinopec

Visiting PhD (2022-2023)

PhD candidate, Southwest Petroleum U, China

Moriah

Moriah Samchek

Current: U of C undergraduate

Summer Undergraduate (2021)

NSERC USRA Receipt

Biomedical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Yixiao (Serena) Liu

research assistant (2017-2020)

yixliu@ucalgary.ca

 

Josh

Lu (Josh) Zhang

Current: Wastewater Process Optimization Engineer at The Regional Municipality of York, previously Engineer at Jacobs, Stantec, and Suncor 

MS (2018-2020)

zhang4@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canad

Xinyao

Xinyao (Amy) Liu

Current: Teacher at Yantai International School

MS (2018-2020), chemical engineering

xiaoyao.liu@ucalgary.ca

 

Kailun Zhang

Kailun (Kevin) Zhang

Current: Entrepreneur (3D printing company), previously Material Engineer at Luke Technologies Limited, Canada

MS (2018-2020), chemical engineering

kailzhan@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

 

Jing Qi

Jing Qi

Current: Professor at Kunming U of Science and Technology, Previously postdoc at Central South University

Visiting PhD (2020)

jing.qi3@ucalgary.ca

PhD candidate, Central South University, China

 

Mozhu

Mozhu Li

Current: Chemical Engineer/software engineer in Beijing 

MS (2018-2020), chemical engineering

Mozhu.lu@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, chemical engineering, China U of Petroleum - Beijing, China

Yecan Wang

Yecan Wang

Current: PhD graduate at the University of Tokyo, Japan

MS (2017-2020), petroleum engieering

yecan.wang@ucalgary.ca

Education: BS, petroleum engineering, Southwest Petroleum U, China

Dinesh

Dinesh Mishra

Current: Senior Analyst at SNDL Inc., Canada

Postdoc (2019-2021)

dinesh.mishra@ucalgary.ca

Education: PhD, chemistry (materials), Florida State U, USA; MS, chemistry, Tribhuvan U, Nepal

Mingdong

Mingdong Yu

Current: Professor at Jinan University 

Visiting PhD (2019-2021)

yu.mingdong@ucalgary.ca

PhD candidate, Ocean University of China, China

Lee

Jia (Lee) Li (Co-supervision)

Current: High-tech company in Wuhan

Postdoc (2019-2021) 

jia.li3@ucalgary.ca

PhD, biochemistry, U of Sackatchewan, Canada; MS, hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences-Wuhan, China; BS, biotechnology and life science, Wuhan University, China

Bo

Bo Yang

Current: Professor, Chengdu University of Science and Technology

Visiting PhD (2018-2019)

PhD candidate, Southwest Petroleum U, China

Omar

Omar Karim Maan

Current: Associate Program Consultant at Assent Canada, Canada, previously Project Manager, Jiva Consulting, Canada

MS (2016- 2018), chemical engineering

BS, physics/biology, U of Toronto, Canada

 

Ping

Ping Song

Current: Senior Research and Development Scientist at Svante, Canada

Postdoc (2017-2019)

PhD, organic chemistry, Peking U, China

Qinghong

Qinghong Li

Current: Professor, Guizhou Nationality University

Visiting PhD (2019) 

PhD candidate, marine materials science & engineering, Shanghai Maritime U, China

Lu

Lu Lai

Visiting professor (2019)

Yangtze U, China

li

Li Zhang

Visiting Professor (2018) 

Shanghai Maritime U, China

Yaohua Dong

Visiting Scholar (2019) 

Shanghai Maritime U, China

Maryam Razi

maryam.razi@ucalgary.ca

Postdoc (2019-2020)

Education: PhD, chemical/mechanical engineering, U of Alberta, Canada; MS, chemical engineering, Shiraz U, Iran

 

Simone Cristiane Gallani Rodrigues

Visiting Professor (2018)

Federal Institutes of Education, Science nad Technology of Piaui City, Bazil

Ningxin (Amber) Chen

Current: PhD student at U of Calgary

MS (2020-2023), Summer Undergraduate and Research Assistant (2018, 2019)

Chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Adedoyin Aderounmu

Summer Undergraduate (2018) 

Chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada

Shiyu Lu

Summer Undergraduate (2017)

Pure Award Receipt

Chemical engineering, U of Calgary, Canada